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What the World Needs Now, Is Some Wisdom!
As I was lying in bed thinking about what I was going to write in this article today, all I could think was what the world needs more than anything else is Divine Wisdom! Yes, we all need Divine Wisdom, and the ability to discern It. Coincidently the Spiritual Faculty for this month is Wisdom, or as I call it Spiritual Discernment. When Charles Fillmore began writing about the Twelve Powers, he actually called it Judgement. It actually got a lot more confusing, because you know what happens when you judge a thing, as Jesus said “so shall you be judged!” You know the Spiritual Dimension is just a realm of cause and effect.
Then the first two paragraphs of the ninth chapter of The Gospel of Mark came to mind, which we discussed in Our Sunday Morning class “Did Jesus Really Say That?” The two paragraphs before it might really get you going, because they are used by some Christian Nationalists to say Jesus taught about the end of times as they believe is foreseen in The Book of Revelation According to John. The prior two paragraph are about an argument, yes, an argument, that Jesus and Peter had! Wow! You might pause, and say this sounds a lot like what is happening today! Two leaders yelling and screaming at each other about what is happening in the world; as a journalist off to the side is taking notes.
“Then after six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them up on a high mountain,” and the story of a transfiguration occurs. These three disciples see Jesus talking with Moses and Elijah and they are all in glistening white garments. Wow, bet that’s the first time you’ve ever read an article I have written quoting two paragraphs out of the Bible. And I have to ask, did this really happen this way? Or is it a metaphor that explains how we might learn to engage the faculty of Spiritual Discernment (Wisdom), so we don’t run down the path of judgement in a world that has gone crazy!
The phrase “after six days” would be an indicator that what follows this phrase is a metaphor because it reflects what happens in Genesis 1, and in the Creative Process. When we find ourselves in the swirling winds of chaos, we need to pause in this moment now and seek to enter into the silence of the swirling winds. After the sixth day, we find that we have returned to the Garden of Eden with all of its wonder. Jesus (who represents the Christ, our higher awareness) takes with him Peter (who represents the power of faith and our ability to look beyond appearance into the heart of the matter,) James (our ability to discern the wisdom inherit within a situation,) and John (who represent the power of love and our Oneness with the all of Life.) When the Christ of us, engages these 3 faculties in a time of meditation and prayer, it takes us up higher on a mountain top where we experience the Spiritual Dimension! Here we can experience the Wisdom and the Knowledge of the ancients, and of Spirit, which can guide us in making a decision for the highest good of all.
At this time, I might mention the phrase, “the furthest distance a human being might ever travel is from his head to his heart.” Why? Because in the western world we are taught that our brain, which is said to be in our head, is where we hold our wisdom and do all of our thinking and make all of our decisions. This belief is one which creates much of the confusion and chaos in the world. In Spiritual Teachings and in Ancient Wisdom, the solar plexus is our Faculty of Wisdom and Spiritual Discernment. Just take a deep breath in and feel Divine Wisdom bubbling up within your solar plexus. Then ask It for the insights and wisdom you need to go about your day. The more you do this, the more readily this information will flow to you. The more you center yourself in prayer and meditation, aligning yourself with Spirit, the Breath of Life, the more you will feel like you are living on the Mountain Top.
Namaste, I see Divine Wisdom in You, RevDocPatrick
